This is a new link to an older piece. I wrote it before the election, but it is worth perusing because there are a number of predictions in it that one can easily bounce off the news to see if they have actually happened.

underthesunlitmag.com/the-vanishin...

I have never seen anything so stupid or insulting. It’s time to stop normalizing anyone who still supports this lunatic. Not normal.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

My latest piece, this column for The Creative Process Arts and Literary Journal … about the restoration of Notre Dame and the renewal of our souls in these perilous times. www.creativeprocess.info/creative-wor...

Something I can’t recommend highly enough during these insane times is rewatching The West Wing. All these ethical people trying to do good for the country is like a drug.

Last night, President Bartlett was raving about how stupid tariffs are.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPj...

Thank you to those who have reached out to ask about my writing - I have three books out and also a documentary film. I'm working with my agent with my new novel about occupied Paris, and my filmmaker about filming in Spain. I'm happy to share my website: www.erinbyrnewriter.com

Eugene Daniels representing the White House Correspondents' Association: "In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps."

Sunrise over the Cascades and Lake Washington, with a mysterious swath of fog … reminding us all in the midst of such strange political events to breathe.